Tasks
Research
Literature search.
Article retrieval.
Reading and digest publications.
Summarize key message.
Coordination
Using Online tools such as Slack, Github,Ttrello etc. to accept tasks, handling data and code, and coordinate time to have meetings with group members.
Data handling
Create and update csv files for datasets.
Test and evaluate datasets.
Cleaning of data.
Meetings
Meet with other group members to discuss the further steps.
Testing
Debugs the project.
Create online survey.
Normal user testing.
Collecting and analyzing results.
Development
Work on to visualize the part of “About the team”
Tasks
Research
Search for datasources, information about nutrition, research papers and different kinds of visualizations.
Data handling
Merge of datasets.
Cleaning of data.
Development
Creation of the visualization for the 'About the team'.
Tests
Bug detection.
Expert users testing.
Presentations
Creation of content for the slides.
Search for images and sources of information.
Website
Creation of the "About the team" section.
Coordination
Asignation of tasks.
Follow up of assignations.
Scheduling of meetings.
Meetings
Creation of an agenda for each session.
Role of project manager.
Debrief all team with a summary of the meeting.
Development
Creation of the visualization for the 'About the team'.
Tasks
Meetings
Team meetings
Bilateral meetings with Haisheng in order to prepare user testing.
Contributions during multilateral team meetings.
Meeting with expert researcher Björn Hedin (KTH).
Research
Literature search.
Article retrieval.
Reading and digest publications.
Summarize key message.
Data handling
Examine and evaluate online databases.
Contact responsible persons.
Document responses.
Exploration of raw data wrt plausibility.
Website
Data cleaning and quality control.
Created early version of website.
User instructions to ease understanding.
Graphic design
Research for favicon creation.
Actual blueprint and design.
Presentations
Preparation of test result report.
Proof-reading of all presentations.
Video production
Script creation for teaser films.
Visiting suitable supermarkets, contact with staff.
Arrangement of professional camera equipment (i.a., GoPro, handheld camera with tripod).
Tests
Preparation of suitable approach.
Literature research.
Decision to follow Analytic Task Taxonomy (Stasko et al.).
Development of suitable user tasks.
Creation of Online Survey.
Distribution of Online Survey.
Development of improved survey version.
Collection and handling of user data.
Recruitment of test user sample.
Coordination
Use Online Project Management tools.
Use Online Chat Tools.
Use Google Docs.
Stay up-to-date.
Participate in team polls.
Find and agree on time-slots for in-person meetings.
Preparations for video film production.
Tasks
Meetings
Introducing slack & trello to the team.
Introducing Git branch concept to the team to avoid merge hell.
Development
Bubble chart prototype
Customizable x, y, z axis & bubble size.
Brush on z-axis.
Searchbar.
Pan & Zoom.
Highlight effects on bubble.
Bubble chart final version
Extending most features of the prototype.
Integrate chart update with Martin's category legend action.
Integrate chart update with Martin's filter action.
Flip x, y axis.
Dynamic rescaling base on visible data.
Implement animations on every view updates.
Tasks
Meetings
Group meetings regarding progress in the project, brainstorming ideas, deciding what comes next and handing out tasks for members.
Data handling
Match all items found in Co2 database with nutrition database finding closest match manually.
Translating from Swedish to English using the English version of the nutrition database.
Data cleaning.
Explore automated datacleaning (not much success here).
Development
Made a version-handler for final presentation that was merged with the website we had at the time.
Minor tweaks, like adding color.
Research
Looking for datasets/api's that could be of use for the project.
Researching the possibility of matching names in two datasets to find closest match.
Video production
Editing the video.
Creating animations in the editing software.
Creating the music from scratch.
Recording voiceover for video.
Tests
Played around with the visualization when I was asked to.
Trying to find bugs and such.
Tasks
Meetings
Shared some ideas.
Development
Filters.
Bug fixes.
Legend for bubble chart.
Colors for bubble chart.
Made the clickable axis labels in the
bubble chart.
Research
Studied different sources for CO2 data.
Website
Did some layouting of the screen.
Presentation
Made a couple of slides.
Tests
Testing the website when making changes.
Tasks
Meetings
Partake in discussions.
Concept development.
Research
Come up with several concepts.
Research existing visualizations, and come up with ideas for this project.
Searching for additional data sources.
Data handling
Gathering, matching and cleaning the data.
Translating.
Cross-checking sources to get realistic numbers.
Development
Bug-fixing.
Presentations
Proofreading.
Research for the first presentation.
Website
Web design.
Structuring the webpage.
Graphic design
Creating logo and header.
Colour pallette for the website.
Alternative favicon.
Video production
Planning and filming the part with the boiling water.
Drawing vector graphics.
Tasks
Meetings
Partake in discussions.
Development
Visualization Models.
The final product.
Donut Chart.
Other general 'programming' things.
Research
Data sourcing.
Food statistics research.
Tests
Code testing and debugging.
User testing.
Presentations
Helped proofread and prepare presentations.
Website
Website hosting.
Effective HTML/JS/D3 organization and creation.
In charge of secondary detail-on-demand visualization (Donut Chart).
Ensure multi-OS and Software support.
Coordination
Communicating effectively with other team members.
Effective modular programming and dividing up tasks efficiently.
The use of tools such as Github, Slack and Trello.
Coordinating the backend and frontend programmers.
Data handling
Data Cleaning.
File Generation.
Script creations.
